Meaning of every-day | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of everyday.

alt-of, archaic, not-comparable

Examples

“Now, an every-day horse I have ever found to be something like the usual thing understood by an every-day coat or hat—a somewhat inferior article. So it was with these every-day horses: with the harriers they were well enough; so is the every-day coat to walk about our own grounds in, but we want something more spicy for the public.”

“The drapery of the old Greek sculptors was founded on artistic principles and ideas—not on those of practical utility; while the every-day dress, beautiful and simple though it always remained, was “conformed to the protection and comfort of the body, and the convenience of the wearer.””

“The washing must be done quickly, for the skins of the jamckon are scarce, and her father is obliged to wear his every-day clothes on Sunday.”

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